The Great Hall was much as I had remembered it. Massive in size with an immense fire burning in the hearth, great tapestries hung high on the walls and long wooden tables capable of accommodating sufficient jugs and platters for a sumptuous feast.
The Great Hall was never left empty. There were always servants tending to the fire, lighting the chandeliers, scrubbing the tables, hanging up new tapestries and bringing in food. Either that or there were celebrations, rituals, debates, planning, scheming or other endeavors that required the presence of a multitude of people.
Today was much the same. Before I proceeded into the Great Hall, I glimpsed easily a dozen women, dressed much in the same way I was dressed, wearing colorful gowns with long tight sleeves, fine embroidery and slippers.
Princess Catherine was standing closest to my location and gave me a look that seemed to speak of hunger, infatuation and passion all at once.
"Odilia," she said, her green eyes seeming to look into my soul and making me feel weak, "I am utterly baffled by your presence here. Your mother has disowned you and you have been banished from the kingdom. Why pray tell, would you come back?"
I was dazed and disconcerted by Princess Catherine's words.
Disowned? Banished?
Certainly she must be mistaken. I was the daughter of the Queen! Surely no one would banish me from my own kingdom!
"Still, you are very pretty," Catherine sad as she laid a soft hand on the side of my face, making me suddenly feel a strange heat in my face and in my breast, "I think we should allow you to stay."
I heard a weak, feminine voice say, "Thank you, Princess," and only seconds later did I realize that it was I who had said the words.
Princess Catherine looked back to the assembled ladies and announced that I should be allowed to stay. There was a great roar of approval from the assembled flock of noblewomen and I noticed that my sister Derica was in the back of the crowd, very nearly obscured from my vision by all of the women in the foreground.
I intended to speak with her and ask her for the meaning of Princess Catherine's strange words, however I was physically obstructed.
"No, Odilia," Princess Catherine said to me, "You may not set one foot further into the Great Hall dressed like that. That is a gown fit for a princess, and you are a princess no longer."
My mouth hung agape. I was uncertain with what words I could respond. Was Princess Catherine actually saying that I should stand utterly naked before her, my sister and a dozen assembled noblewomen?
As if to answer my unspoken question, Princess Catherine elaborated, "remove your clothes, all of them, and your slippers and put them on that table. Do it immediately or leave this kingdom and never come back."
Words of refusal formed in my mind and I opened my mouthy to speak. However no words came from my mouth and instead, my trembling hands began the task of removing the ceinture from around my waist. Then my slippers, my gown and finally my white chemise.
I laid my fine, white chemise on top of the rest of my clothing and stood naked before Princess Catherine.
I felt utterly ashamed to stand naked and exposed before the noblewomen of my country while they wore their jewels and find silk gowns, yet I seemed helplessly pinning to the spot and could not cover myself or back away.
"Now stand with your feet well apart, Odilia," Catherine said firmly, "And slip your hands to the back of your neck. Pull your elbows back and push your breasts forward. This is how you will stand when your betters wish to examine you."
My face burned with indignation. Who was Princess Catherine to speak to me in such an arrogant, patronizing manner? Acid words burned my tongue and I opened my mouth to bellow them at the woman who had dared to condescend to me, however no words came out.
I looked longingly at my clothes upon the table and felt a breeze touch my bare buttocks and thighs and then much to my surprise and confusion, my feet spread apart slightly more than shoulder-length and my hands slipped behind the back of my neck. And my breasts were thrust shamelessly forward and my elbows were pulled back.
All at once, there were feminine hands all over me, touching me, squeezing my breasts, my legs and my buttocks. I felt scandalized and humiliated and yet I could not seem to move or even to protest. A duchess who'd name I could not recall reached out and grasped a pink nipple between her thumb and forefinger and pinched it hard. I opened my mouth to demand that she remove her hands from my breast, however no words emerged from my mouth. I no longer seemed to have any voice. There was a tongue in my mouth, but it no longer seemed to serve any purpose.
And after I failed to voice my outrage of how the duchess abused my first pink, sensitive nipple, she then reached out and abused the other in an equally painful and humiliating fashion.
Other women came in close to fondle my breasts and pinch my innocent nipples as well. And while I was fixated on the injustice of having my breasts and nipples maltreated, other women came behind me and began to painfully pinch my thighs and my buttocks.
"Oh, her buttocks are exquisite," exclaimed a female voice behind me and then suddenly I felt three hard spanks meted out to my bare bottom. I was certain that I should raise my voice and protest such malicious treatment to my naked flesh, however my tongue didn't seem to be under my control anymore and much to my amazement, I felt a sudden heat flush between my legs and my sex throbbed and pulsed. This was accompanied by a confusing yet delicious feeling of helplessness and trepidation.
I felt utterly defenseless as these women felt, squeezed, pinched and spanked my naked body. This feeling of helplessness took my breath away and caused a wave of bewildering desire. Being naked and maltreated by these intimidating women was both frightening and arousing.
Then, much to my alarm, I felt a woman's hand between my legs, stroking and fondling my sex. My legs felt weak and wobbly and began to tremble, yet I maintained my balance.
"Pretty pink pubic lips," said a woman's voice just behind me, "And very visible and exposed. Who was it that thought to shave away all of her pubic hair?"
I whimpered and groaned as she stroked my exposed nether lips. Her fingers caused the throbbing in my sex to intensify and the heat to spread from my vagina and flow to my breasts, hardening my nipples and causing them to ache.